Zarif Custom Tailors

I brought my dress here for a black tie event, and needed last-​minute alterations… I was a little bit nervous because they decided to add an inch to the hips of my dress, and I wasn’t sure how that would work but it turned out beautifully! The dress was finished on time, and was reasonably priced. We will definitely come here again!

The situation is a little different than you would expect. I don’t always get a card/​receipt when I drop off, nor do I get a price quote then either. I simply show up after the allotted time and tell her what it is that I gave her. The system seems to work for her, so it’s fine.
A little pricey — but Zarif does great work and within a reasonable timeframe. I wouldn’t go anywhere else!

I have been going to Zarif’s since she first opened in Ashburn and have always been pleased with the results. I recently took a mother of the bride dress and a bridesmaid dress to Zarif’s for alterations. Both dresses needed major alterations. Two weeks later, the dresses were ready and the finished product was awesome!

I just used Zarifs’ services for the second time. Needed to alter several pairs of dress pants after losing weight. First, she is so nice. Second, her work is perfect. I have no idea how cuz all she did was use a couple of clips but what do I know. Like I said, perfect results. Only took 5 days too. A couple of years ago, I asked Zarif to tailor some suits for me. Those were perfect too. I’ll be seeing Zarif again I’m sure

I have had two bridesmaid dresses altered here including one I had to have taken in. It can be pricey, but you get what you pay for. I like to give her at least a month and my dresses have been ready on time and look great!

I used Zarif for my wedding gown alterations and really wish I’d taken my business elsewhere.
What should have been my first red flag was that when I initially went in, no one took any of my measurements. She just eyeballed me in the gown and said she’d let it out an inch in the bodice. I was told it would be ready in 3 weeks and would cost $ 30. Three weeks later I show up to pick up my gown and the seamstress tells me she «hasn’t touched it» and I should come back the next day. Okay, if it’s an alteration you can do in less than a day, you should have done it in the three weeks I already gave you.
So after the delay I go to pick it up and the price has doubled. Great, I’m not thrilled, but it’s my wedding gown and I really want it back, so I pay up and take it home. When I try it on again, it’s now too loose in the bust. Wonderful! That’s what I get for trusting a place that didn’t even measure me to do alterations on such an important garment. I definitely didn’t want to take it back to them and it was too late for me to find another tailor so I just had to deal with it.
All in all, this was one of the only snags in what was otherwise a fairly painless wedding planning process. I wouldn’t recommend them.

These tailors have always done a great job on everything I have brought in; shirts, suits, pants, casuals, custom underwear, you name it!
Highly reccommend them

I was astonished to see the number of glowing reviews for this place. My experience was not in line with some of the others below. This place does not have the customer service level expected of a tailor. You are better off going to your local dry cleaners, where at least you know what you are getting, albeit at a much lower price.
I paid $ 28/​shirt for the tailoring of three dress shirts. All that got me was an 8 second measurement of each shirt. I am all about getting in and out of places while doing errands, but I’ve never been so rushed where there were NO OTHER CUSTOMERS.
—THREE WEEKS LATER—
All they were able to do to the shirts was take the body in a few inches, not unlike a dry cleaners alterations place. The shirts still billow badly at the waist and the sleeve width is just as ridiculous looking. I may attempt to resolve this, but I doubt it’s worth the hassle/​wait. Maybe someone can shed light on how to receive better service than this, but I just didn’t see it during my visits.

I had a rip in a pair of suiting pants from Theory and I was so worried I would have to buy a replacement pair. I came to Zarif’s to see if they could do any damage control before I went out to buy new pants. Instead, for $ 20, they were able to completely fix the rip, it’s 100% undetectable now! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

The ladies work hard and do a great job with all my Dress Shirts, jackets, and jeans.
These ladies are professional and Quality work calls for quality price.
Totally worth it —

The tayloring is good.
The disposition of the lady doing it is not so good. She is rather grumpy.

They are my go-​to for suit adjustments. If you’re one of those people who wear of the rack suits without any mods, wake up! They did an awesome job tapering my pants — not emo slim. The jacket was also done very well. The price compared to those charlatans at Fair Oaks mall is way better and much better quality. Worth the investment!

It’s impossible to find jackets and shirts that fit me well (anyone with broad shoulders and narrow waist will agree with me on this), so I was very happy to have found this place.
I’ve taken several of my clothes to Zarif, from button-​down shirts, to suit jackets, to military jackets, and they’ve altered each and every one of them to perfection. My clothes fit so well now that I actually get complimented on them regularly. I highly recommend Zarif.

LOVE THIS PLACE! Alterations perfect every time!

I had to run in here on a Saturday afternoon to get the pants altered on a suit I had bought for the night before. Did I mention that I had to be on a flight out the next day?
Zarif got me measured and the job done in a couple of hours and for only $ 15. It’s usually that much with a week’s turnaround time at the big stores.
Definitely coming back!

Update: I wrote earlier about my 3 dresses that I brought here. The rehearsal dinner dress and wedding dress came out perfect and on time as promised! I will continue to bring my clothes to her. And once again she knows who I am and what I’m waiting on without me saying. I can’t really say much about prices b/​c I haven’t had anything altered before. Two cocktail dresses (one being a size too big and completely resized) and a wedding dress that was taken out a little and shortened, addition of a bustle, and cups sewn in came out to $ 400. She told me they were moving soon to Lansdowne.

I am giving 0 stars (but 1 is the lowest you can input on the form). The low rating is because I received 0 service. I dropped my wedding dress off 3 and ½ weeks ago and the two Turkish ladies were nice and pinned my dress and told me I could pick up my dress on April 20^th– exactly 1 week before my wedding. I was already a little nervous about the proximity of the pick-​up date to the wedding date; but due to the other great reviews, I figured– hey– it’s my wedding dress! Better to have it done right and take a little longer. So, I go into the shop today excited to get my dress, and the lady says it isn’t ready! She says she’s busy with all of the prom dresses. Prom? Prom?! This is my WEDDING dress lady and you told me it would be ready today-​ahem– 3 and ½ weeks ago! She attempted to appease me by saying she could rush it and have it done by Monday evening. No thanks… If you couldn’t do it in 3.5 weeks, I doubt you can handle doing it in 2 days.
That’s a zero rating.

TOOOOO EXPENSIVE!
I got 2 pairs of docker slacks altered and it came out to $ 60. That’s just nuts. Granted they do great work, but I’ve had great work done for much less. Only reason I decided to try this place is because I’m from California and I’m in Virginia for work purposes, but I will NOT be returning to this place.
Great work (which is the only reason I’m giving it 3 stars), but way too expensive.

One of the worst feelings ever is taking an item to an alterations place and praying to god that it comes out the way you want it to when they’re done. I’ve had so many things go completely wrong and it terrifies me when I need alterations.
I had a bridesmaid dress that needed to be hemmed because it is so long and I read reviews on Unilocal and decided to take it here. I thought it would be super expensive to do because it has layers of fabric that are all different lengths. I took it to them, they looked at it and said $ 48. What a great deal! It would have cost more to do it at David Bridal where I BOUGHT the dress.
So they had me put the dress on with my shoes and then they took the dress and told me it would be ready in a few weeks. Sure enough, it was! I got home and tried th dress on and the length was PERFECT! They did such an amazing job, you couldn’t even tell it was worked on. I was so impressed.
I will definitely be taking all of my things here to be altered now on… such a great place. It’s run by a Turkish family that is so sweet!

I brought my dress which was completely messed up by other tailor for alteration. She fixed my dress.
Since then, I brought several shoes for a shoe repair. They also did a wonderful job.
I highly recommend this place.